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FATTY FISH Fatty fish, such as salmon, are high in omega-3 fatty acids. Ciara Foy, a Toronto-based holistic nutritionist, says about 3 percent of the hair shaft is made up of omega-3 fatty acids. They’re also found in cell membranes and in the natural oils that keep the scalp and other areas of the skin hydrated.

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ducators. Business owners. Mothers. Women who were first.

Women who shaped churches and started organizations that still benefit Longview.

As Longview celebrates its 150th anniversary, Charm magazine considered the role women have played in the city’s development.

The conclusion we came to: Longview’s history is filled with women who blazed one trail after another, probably too many to ever fully identify and list.

They are the women whose names we see on buildings and other facilities around town, the women whose deaths left holes in our city’s fabric and the women who continue to influence the city’s development.

“Typically in early Longview, it was kind of like in other early cities of its size, women were very involved with their local

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churches,” said Dr. Meredith May, a history instructor at Kilgore College who has studied the history of women in East Texas. “(Women) were the ones who were basically the backbones of their churches. They were also the ones forming social organizations around the turn of the century. ... It was women — when public education didn’t really take off in Longview, public education came to Longview pretty late — it was women who were founding private schools to ensure some kind of education for kids.”

Women also have been entrepreneurs throughout the city’s history. Like women’s entrepreneurial history in general, the businesses that women in Longview historically have owned weren’t among the larger companies, May said.

“Which is one reason it gets overlooked, because it’s small scale, but it’s not small for her family,” May said. continued on pg. 12  mycharmonline.com 11

Left: Peggy Coghlan is presented with a plaque after she is named as a Star Over Longview by CEO Casey Robertson during Longview Regional Medical Center’s Stars Over Longview annual awards ceremony in 2017. Right: Longview Public Library Director Jennifer Eldridge unveils the metal balloon sculpture made for the library as part of the Gregg County Historical Museum’s Liftoff 2020 project. One of the panels on the sculpture unveiled features the late Peggy Coghlan, who spearheaded fundraising for the then-new library, which opened in 1987.

Charm magazine asked people around the community to tell us about women they believe had great influence on Longview’s past and present. We also conducted an informal, online survey asking people to vote on the women in our recent past who they think were the most influential.

One woman rose easily to the top in voting: Dr. Peggy Coghlan, who died in 2018. Coghlan was a longtime Kilgore College employee with a list of “firsts” under her belt and played a huge role in establishing two centerpieces of life in Longview: the Longview Public Library and Maude Cobb Convention and Activity Center.

• Dr. Effie Kaye Adams • Adams was the first coordinator/supervisor of Longview’s black elementary schools and a Fulbright Teacher who wrote “Experiences of a Fulbright Teacher” and “Tall Black Texans: Men of Courage.” She is credited for her work in helping to integrate Longview schools. and she was founder of the East Texas Educators Research Council.

• Mary Helen Bair • Bair was one of the founder’s of Longview’s Thanksgiving

“She does a great job of illustrating my point — you don’t have to

Food Drive in 1985 and led the effort for 25 years. She also was

hold political office or run for political office to be extra influential,”

operations manager of Radio Station KFRO for decades and was

May said. “That’s kind of a big theme of women’s history.”

active in a number of other civic organizations. The Rotary Club

Charm magazine, with the help of our online poll, has selected Coghlan as the most influential woman of Longview’s most recent 50 years, but we’d also like to recognize a long list of women in our past who are no longer with us but who made our city what it is today, in alphabetical order. (Also, you’ll find women who are recognized in names of buildings and other facilities around town in a separate list.)

• Dr. Peggy Coghlan • Coghlan was a driving force behind several landmark institutions. She was the first assistant director for the Kilgore College Rangerettes, under founder Gussie Nell Davis; the first woman to receive a Doctor of Education from Texas A&M University; and later the first woman to be named vice president of Kilgore College in 1993 until her retirement in 1996. She led the charge to raise more than $1 million for books and furnishings for what was the city’s new public library in 1987. She and her husband led fundraising efforts to build the Maude Cobb Convention and Activity Center debt-free.

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of Longview named her Citizen of the Year in 2009.

• Armatha Barryer Banks • Banks was a Beckville-area native who later moved to Longview and became a civil rights activist, leading lunch counter sit-ins and bus rides. In her later years in Longview, she remained active in civil rights issues, including helping with voter registration efforts.

• Amelia Belding • Belding was a longtime chairwoman of the Gregg County Historical Commission, organizing member of the Captain William Young Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and a member of the Sabine River Chapter of the Daughters of the American Colonies. She also was state chairman of genealogical records and helped lead restoration efforts of the Everett Building, which houses the Gregg County Historical Museum.

• Joan Berry • Berry was a Longview City Council member who served with a number of city boards and commissions and other organizations.

• Viola Cobb Bivins • Bivins helped organize the local chapter of the American Red

from her family homestead, the Rockwall Farm. She was active in a number of community organizations, including the Junior League.

Cross in 1917, among other community activities.

• Eva Jean Finch Blount • Blount was active in numerous community organizations and at First Christian Church. She was the wife of well-known local lawyer R.E. “Peppy” Blount.

• Ann Lacy Crain • The daughter of Rogers Lacy, who started the oil and gas production company R. Lacy Services, Ann Lacy Craine was known for her philanthropic nature. She donated the Everett Building to the Gregg County Historical Museum in honor of her parents, Rogers and Lawson Keener Lacy. The Aeolian-Skinner pipe organs at First Baptist Church and First Presbyterian Churches in downtown Longview also were gifts from Crain, and she supported many other nonprofit organizations.

Longview World of Wonders, the children’s discovery center in downtown Longview, was dedicated in honor of her parents through a donation from the Crain Foundation.

• Mattie Castleberry • She was owner of Mattie’s Ballroom, a famed oil-boom era dance hall that was on what it is now FM 2087 between Kilgore and Longview, and later the Reo, which also became a famous Texas dance hall in Longview.

• Odell Everhart • Everhart was a longtime educator and wife of J.L. Everhart, another longtime local educator and principal. They both worked in Longview’s segregated school system and then participated as educators in integration in Longview schools.

• Arlyne Flanagan • She and her husband, Tracy, built the Arlyne Theater, a famed local theater on Methvin Street in downtown Longview

• Claire Smith Foster • Foster was active in numerous community organizations, including founder of what was the Sabine Valley Mental Health and Retardation Center (now Community Healthcore), art and theater groups, Longfellows and helped move the Longview Charity League into the Junior League of America. She also was known for establishing the Stockpot with her business partners, which brought world-famous chefs such as Julia Child to Longview.

• Jane Cunningham Galosy • A sixth-generation Longview native, she was known for her sense of fashion and operated Galosy’s, a women’s clothing store,

• Joy Guidroz • Guidroz headed up the Buses for Longview Committee, the group that successfully led efforts to start Longview’s public transit system.

• Hazel Hickey • Hickey was a longtime leader in Longview’s banking industry through Texas Bank and Trust and a force in the cultural and nonprofit communities in Longview.

• Dottie Hunt Kleeb • Kleeb was a former New York City Rockette who founded a Longview dance school in 1958 that continues to operate today under her daughter’s leadership. Hunt also helped start the dance department at Kilgore College.

• E. Mae Jacobs • She was one of the few women in the state who were school administrators when she was principal of the early Ned Williams school. The school originally operated under various names as a school for black students from the late 1800s to 1971

• Ollie Jenkins • Jenkins was a black Girl Scout leader who in 1946 rallied her troop to convert an unused old Works Progress Administration building in Longview into a library and community center for black residents.

• Virginia Kelly • She was the daughter of G.A. Kelly, owner of Kelly Plow, which operated in Longview from about 1882 to the 1960s. Virginia Kelly influenced life in Longview in numerous ways, including as first president of the Women’s Federation of Clubs that was formed in 1934 in cooperation by more than 20 clubs in Longview. The group built the Longview Community Center, which was completed in 1939, and operated the facility for many years.

• Evelyn LeTourneau • With her husband R.G. LeTourneau, she founded a manufacturing business making earth-moving equipment that continues to operate in Longview. When they were flying over Longview in 1946, considering the city for the site of their factory, she saw what was a vacant Army hospital and its 200 frame buildings. She suggested starting a school there for World War II veterans returning from the war. LeTourneau University is the product of that idea. continued on pg. 14  mycharmonline.com 13

• Jo Lloyd • Lloyd was one of the original organizers of Women in Longview Day and a community volunteer.

• Dolly Northcutt • A longtime civic leader and member of one of Longview’s early families, Northcutt was named “First Lady of the First Century of Longview” during Longview’s centennial celebration. She helped start the city’s first library, started the Captain William Young Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, was involved in beautification efforts, served on the Gregg County Historical Foundation board of directors that helped establish the Gregg County Historical Museum and was an organizing member of the Longview Federation of Women’s Clubs, which built the Longview Community Center.

Fabrication site in Oklahoma, where she made plutonium pellets.

She testified about her concerns about health and safety practices at the nuclear facility before the Atomic Energy Commission and died in a mysterious car crash in 1984. Meryl Streep portrayed Silkwood in the 1985 Academy Award-nominated film, “Silkwood.”

• Wilma Godfrey Spear • Spear owned Thompson’s, a longtime downtown department store with her husband, Emmett, from 1926 when they opened the store until 1945, when they sold it. The store continued to operate for several more decades.

• Pam Surles • Surles was the longtime director of Asbury House, a preschool for low-income families, and then Prep School at First Christian Church, as well as a community volunteer.

• Kate Womack Rembert • Married to Longview’s first millionaire, F.T. Rembert,

A number of Longview’s public buildings, parks and other

the couple owned the Rembert Theatre and Palace Hotel in

facilities carry the names of women who gave much and were

downtown Longview and were among investors who built Lake

loved much. Here’s a look at some of the origins of those names:

Lomond in Longview.

• Fanny Lacy Scoggins •

• Cecile Moeschle Room • Located at the Longview Public Library, the room is named

With her brother, Claude Lacy, Scoggins started the Lacy Telephone

for Cecile Moeschle, who had helped her grandmother Maude

Co. in 1896 and received a franchise from the city council for the

Cobb at newsstand downtown when she was a child and then

business. She purchased a switchboard in Waco, and her brother, who

operated the Colonial Motel in Longview for more than 30 years.

was in the hardware business, strung the telephone lines.

She was active in a number of civic organizations.

• Agnes Scruggs •

• Elaine Reynolds Stage •

Scruggs led Longview’s Bicentennial Committee in 1970 and

Elaine Reynolds was a longtime volunteer and then employee

an effort to make Longview a “City of Flags,” encouraging the

of the Chamber of Commerce and city of Longview who worked

installation of flags at local public facilities and businesses and at

in downtown development and tourism. Reynolds had a hand in

people’s homes. She also established a Fourth of July parade that

organizing a number of major community events, including the

Longview held starting in 1968 to about the mid-1980s, among

Great Texas Balloon Race and the former AlleyFest in downtown

other work in the community.

Longview. The stage at Heritage Plaza in downtown Longview,

• Grace Shore • Shore, who operated TEC Well Service and Shore Production with her husband, Ron Shore, in Longview, was a member of

where many of the events she helped organize were staged, was named for her after her death in 2017.

• Jo Ann Metcalf Municipal Building (City Hall) •

the Texas State Board of Education from 1998-2002 and was its

Longtime City Secretary Jo Ann Metcalf worked in various

chairwoman for 2001-02. She also was a board member of the Texas

positions for the city for 44 years until her retirement in 1991,

Guaranteed Student Loan Corp. from 2003-05 and a member of

including serving as interim city manager twice. She died in 2012.

the Interstate Oil & Gas Compact Commission from 1996-2004.

• Jackson Park •

Shore was active in a number of community organizations as well.

• Karen Silkwood •

Lois Killingsworth Jackson was the first woman to be elected to what was then the city commission and then the first woman to be

Born in Longview, Silkwood became the first woman on

elected mayor, which at that time was chosen by the commission.

the union negotiating team at Kerr-McGee Cimarron Fuel

She served on the state’s Status of Women Commission and

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in 1972 was named Texas Mother of the Year and was the first runner-up for the National Mother of the Year award. Land for the park that holds her name today, Jackson Park, was dedicated to the city in 1977.

• Johnston-McQueen Elementary School • This school’s name is the combination of two schools that previously existed and that were torn down or remodeled and combined — Doris McQueen Elementary School and Mozelle

Elaine Reynolds, left, was honored at Elaine Reynolds Night at Downtown Live! Friday, September 29, 2017, at Heritage Plaza.

Johnston Elementary School. Doris McQueen worked for the district

and Elizabeth Flewellen Johnson, descendants of Capt. Thomas

for 46 years until her retirement in 1992, starting as a bookkeeper and

A. Flewellen, who helped incorporate the city and was mayor in

then director of business services starting in 1958. Mozelle Johnston

1878 and 1879.

was a first-grade teacher in the Judson and Longview school districts for 45 years before she retired in 1971. She died in 2002.

• Maude Cobb Convention Center • Maude Cobb sold newspapers in downtown Longview for about three decades and was well-known to people from all walks of life; her granddaugther Cecile Moeschle donated $330,000 toward construction of the $2.5 million convention center, which was built without debt, in honor of her grandmother.

• Sidney Bell Willis Transit Center • Sidney Bell Willis served as the District 3 City Council representative from 2002-2011 and was a proponent of the city’s public transportation system. She died in 2012.

• Hudson PEP Elementary School •

• Lear Park Athletic Complex • The complex was constructed on land donated by former local Sonic franchisees W.G. “Bill” Lear and his wife, Freddie. One of the fields is named for her.

• Paula Martin Jones Recreation Center • The center is named for Paula Martin Jones, of the Martin family that started what is today Martin Midstream Partners. The family formed Paula Martin Jones Charities in her honor in 1990 after Jones’ death from cancer and purchased what was the YMCA building on High Street. Paula Martin Jones Charities has provided support for other nonprofit organizations through the years.

• Teague Park • So named for the family that once owned the property and

The school is named for Maggie B. Hudson, a 52-year teacher for

nearby house in the late 1800s to the mid-1900s, daughters Sarah

Longview ISD schools, including 30 years at the Longview Colored

and Molly Teague taught school on the property. Sarah Teague

High School. Her name originally was given to a segregated junior

later was a principal of one of Longview’s early public schools.

high school, and Hudson PEP carried her name forward.

• Julieanna Park • The park on Reel Road was dedicated in 1976 in honor of Julie Goodgame Croteau, a longtime secretary to Gregg County judges who died suddenly, and her mother Anna Goodgame, who was present for the dedication. The park was built on land the family donated.

• Cargill Long Park • Robert and Pauline Cargill donated land for the trail that opened in 1973. Pauline was known for supporting her husband’s many business and civic activities, as well as for her volunteer work with the Gregg County Historical Museum.

• Flewellen Park • The park was dedicated in 1985 after the land was donated

by Mary Dee Flewellen Booth, Katherine Flewellen Colburn

• McWhorter Park • The park is named after the longtime, prominent family who owned the land where the park is located. The family includes such people as Vesta Leila Echols McWhorter. She was known for her work with groups such as the Shakespeare Club and Federation of Women’s Clubs and for helping start the Longview Art Club.

She also was a charter member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and described as an early ecologist/environmentalist who loved painting and writing poetry.

• Womack Field • The field at Stamper Park was named for Mary C. Womack, who was a black elementary school teacher who worked for 40 years in Longview’s segregated school system. The district’s black high school was later named for her. After the building was largely demolished, the city named what was the Lobo Stadium on Walnut street after her. C mycharmonline.com 15

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With Valentine’s Day right around the corner, it’s time to start prepping for date night outfits and destinations. For both guys and girls, this season is all about layering to create sleek ensembles for the perfect date night. Models Kaylee Griffin and Kiersten Haylie showcased beautiful clothing from Krush boutique in Longview and models Tyinque Bratton and Neal Davis wore trendy men’s clothing from the Buckle, inside Longview Mall.

Charm magazine chose to take our date night photoshoot to downtown Kilgore, where there are numerous locations that will set the mood and provide tons of fun for you and your loved one. For a daytime date, visit Downtown D’Lites, an adorable café that will make you feel right at home. For an evening date, Jack Ryan’s Steak and Chophouse delivers an exquisite dining experience. Follow up your lunch or dinner date by visiting Kilgore Mercantile & Music, a cute music school and country store that offers hand-dipped ice cream. Then, browse some shops downtown and top your evening off by going to Loco Meaux, one of the newest breweries in East Texas, for a drink.

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4 3 Tyinque Bratton wears an Outpost Makers flannel, $46.95; Tentree Irvin hoodie, $75; Buckle Black Fit No. 3 straight leg jeans, $99.95; and Bullboxer Rhode leather boots, $119.95, all from the Buckle. 4 Kaylee Griffin wears a Krush sequin body suit, $32.95; black pleather skinnies, $39.95; and Krush “G” belt, $28.95, all from Krush. Jack Ryan’s Steak and Chophouse in downtown Kilgore provided the perfect location for this date night photoshoot. mycharmonline.com 17 15

5 6 5 Neal Davis wears a Departwest color blocked vest, $49.95; Departwest plaid flannel, $39.95; Hurley x Carhartt T-shirt, $32; Salvage Havoc straight leg jeans, $99.50; and Outpost Makers leather boots, $99.95, all from the Buckle. 6 Kiersten Haylie wears a felt hat, $29.95; Krush dolman sweater, $32.95; Krush denim bell bottom jeans, $54.98; and tan sneaker heels, $32.95, all from Krush at Kilgore Mercantile and Music and at Downtown D'Lites in downtown Kilgore.

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7 Tyinque Bratton wears a NOVA washed denim jacket, $59.95; Hurley washed flannel, $55; Burton Windout T-shirt, $44.95; BKE Alec straight leg jeans, $69.95; and Bullboxer leather boots, $119.95; all from the Buckle, at Loco Meaux brewery in downtown Kilgore. 8 Kaylee Griffin wears a felt hat, $29.95; Pumpkin Spice cardigan, $34.95; Krush white signature body suit, $18.95; Fry skinny jeans, $32.95, Krush “G� belt, $28.95; and olive sneaker heels, $32.95, all from Krush boutique. mycharmonline.com 19 15

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WOMEN in business: KRISTEN ISHIHARA Ross & Shoalmire Law Firm

Words by AMY BROCATO PEARSON Photo by MICHAEL CAVAZOS

A

chance

opportunity

“We’re the only firm in Longview that

work ethic, Ishihara decided to run for

proved to be a driving force in the

volunteer

offers these services, and these needs will

city council and has enjoyed serving the

life of Kristen Ishihara.

only grow as our population ages,” she said.

Longview community.

While a student at Baylor Law, she decided

to volunteer with the Special Olympics.

“I just handed out medals, but it was great to see those athletes so proud and excited,” she said.

So when she moved to Longview in

Ishihara got into law, she only half jokes, as a way to support herself and sustain a viable career.

“My uncle was a lawyer, I was interested

“One of the greatest opportunities I’ve had since being in office is working on the bond project,” she said. “It’s the largest

in that, so I decided to go on to law school,”

bond the city has ever had and it will make

she said.

a lasting impact on Longview long after I’m

2006 and hung her shingle, she decided

She’s built her career with Ross &

gone. The city is moving in such a great

to volunteer as a coach for the East Texas

Shoalmire specializing in elder law and

direction. It’s been exciting to be part of

Lightning, a team for athletes who compete

continuing to work with the special

the arboretum, and of private and public

in the Special Olympics.

needs population.

development in general.

“I started doing some pro bono work for

“A lot of mistakes happen in this field of

those families and athletes,” she explained.

law,” she said. “You don’t just dabble in it or

“There are a lot of guardianship issues that

it could result in a loss of benefits or status. It

need to be handled as these young adults

has to become your area of expertise.”

“Everything

is

moving

in

the

right direction.”

Ishihara is a member of the Zonta Club

Kristen has also parlayed her expertise

and a sustainer of the Junior League of

in law into the civic arena, serving as a City

Longview. She is married and has a son and

With her degree in law from Baylor

councilwoman since 2014 for District 4.

a daughter. In her precious free time, she

Law School, and an undergraduate degree

While participating in Leadership Longview,

enjoys reading and outdoor activities with

in social work and public law from the

Ishihara was involved in the inception of the

University of Western Michigan, Ishihara

dog park on Paul Boorman Trail.

her family, taking advantage of all Longview

turn 18 and things like special needs trusts need to be set up.”

was perfectly positioned to fulfill a critical

“I got involved in the fundraising aspect,

need in the area: special needs and elder

then worked on the animal shelter task

law. She joined the Ross & Shoalmire law

force and I took a great interest about being

firm as an elder law and estate planning

involved in those processes,” she said.

attorney in 2015 and lead’s the firm’s Longview regional office.

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After a seed was planted by city employees who were fans of her work and

has to offer.

“I have a beautiful, wonderful family and life,” she said. “I feel very blessed that I love what I do for a living. I have a job where I get to help people. I get to serve the community.” C

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F EATURE

What’s In a Name?

Words by APRILL BRANDON | Illustrations by MICHELLE LAVERELL

P

eople often spell my name wrong. This is usually through

things. Like becoming the first supermodel doctor archaeologist

no fault of their own but rather because of an impulsive

who wrote novels on the weekend.

decision I made as a young girl. One of those passionate and

Granted, not everyone was on board with this change. My

spontaneous moments of childhood that only happen in childhood

teacher repeatedly marked my grade down on all my spelling tests

because sometimes when you’re nine you know yourself better

because I spelled my name “wrong.” Nevertheless, I persisted.

than when you’re on the cusp of 39.

For those of you who don’t know, or never noticed, I spell my

Unfortunately so did she, which is why I got a C in spelling that year, but I think I made my point.

name with two Ls. I changed it in the third grade because every

Because eventually everyone did forgot that April B. ever

parent in the early ‘80s thought April was just a super terrific

existed. I was now known as Aprill, that girl who puked on the

name and, as a result, there were what felt like hundreds of us

playground that one time! (It was hot dog day. It wasn’t pretty).

in my small elementary school. Technically at least seven. Most

And thus things remained until last week when I went to

importantly, three alone just in my class. Tired of being April B.,

Starbucks, where I discovered I hadn’t been nearly ambitious

I decided to set fire to the old me and emerge from the ashes as

enough with my name change all those years ago. Because right

Aprill. That’s right. April...but with TWO Ls.

there, on my cup, staring back at me in black and white, was the

Aprill! Yes! Because Aprill is so much more exotic than plain

most beautifully unnecessary way yet to spell my name.

old boring April. April was a month. Aprill was a force of nature.

“Aperal”

Aprill could do anything. Wear her jeans pegged! Rollerblade

APERAL. I mean. What?

without a helmet! Know all the lyrics to a Tupac song! (And not

I’ll admit I laughed at first. Even shared it on social media to

the radio edit version!) With a name like that I was destined for big

get some laughs and also show everyone that I am a very important

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writer who writes very writerly-like at Starbucks with all the other

I bet aperal even knows how to french braid.

important writerly writers of our generation.

But, and I’m not proud of this, it got me thinking. What if that was my name? What if I was Aperal? And if I was, who was this Aperal?

I mean, sure, Aperal looks like a cross between the name of a prescription drug with horrible side effects and a fancy drink women in their mid-40s order at two in the afternoon. But you have to admit it’s memorable.

I’ll tell you one thing, Aperal is probably not the kind of person who only wins arguments in the shower. Oh no, Aperal would win

LIKE SOME KIND OF HAIR WIZARD.

them right then and there and while completely dry.

When someone asks Aperal what she does for a living, she

And when Aperal’s kids misbehave in public, Aperal would get

wouldn’t go “oh, I’m kind of a writer.” Oh no. She’d say “I’m an

them in line by turning into a stern but lovable Mary Poppins as

award-winning columnist.” And then she’d probably do something

the entire playground looked on in awe, as opposed to growling at

really cool like chug an entire martini and throw the glass into

them and whipping out her Darth Vader voice, terrifying everyone

the fireplace (because Aperal is the kind of person who is always

within hearing distance.

casually hanging out by fireplaces).

Sigh. It does sound nice. Completely reinventing myself again.

And Aperal would definitely have the nerve to get a pixie haircut and dye it platinum blonde like Aprill has been wanting to do for years.

Aperal probably doesn’t have insomnia either. Nope. You’d never catch her slowly eating an entire block of cheese dipped in guacamole by the glow of the refrigerator light because she hasn’t had a good night’s sleep in three weeks and nothing matters anymore.

Aperal can probably get into her sports bra without pulling a muscle and knocking over a lamp.

Aperal could send a text without agonizing over its contents

To become that better version of myself that is hiding underneath all the ketchup stains and under eye bags.

In the end though, Aprill, for all her faults and pretentiously referring to herself in the third person, isn’t that bad. And Aperal, for as amazing as she sounds, wasn’t the one who built this life from the ground up. A life full of mistakes but one I’m happy to call my own.

Besides, someone famous (Aperal would probably know) said “That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.”

So, I think I’ll stick with Aprill for now.

until she got a reply.

I bet Aperal even knows how to French braid. Like some kind

But I’m keeping Aperal in my back pocket. Just in case I’m ever casually hanging out by a fireplace. C

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LONGVIEW | MORGAN ABBIGAIL | 10/24/2019 Photos by MICHAEL CAVAZOS

The November-December edition of Charm and View magazine celebrated people who are on the frontlines of helping people deal with homelessness and poverty. The

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magazine covers were revealed during an Oct. 24 party at Morgan Abbigail on Judson Road.

Hollie Bruce, executive director of Newgate Mission on Mobberly Avenue, was featured on the cover of Charm magazine. She heads up an organization that provides a variety of services to people who are struggling financially or homeless, including providing more than 80,000 meals a year, worship services, medical services, job services, transportation and other services, such as the recent addition, preparing food for Meals with Love. Meals with Love is a program of Longview Community Ministries that delivers meals to elderly

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or disabled people and shut-ins.

Salvation Army Capts. Nick and Michelle Hutchinson held the cover of View magazine. The couple took over leadership of Longview’s Salvation Army operations a little more than two years, after a stint as head of Salvation Army operations in Paris. Salvation Army provides food, shelter, a day center and other services from its headquarters on Cotton Street, as well as a Christmas assistance program that provide gifts to hundreds of children every year.

The Cace Kitchen provided food for party guests.

Blue Door Antiques, at 1311 Alpine Road in Longview, will host the March/April cover reveal party from 5-7 p.m. Feb. 20.

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LONGVIEW ARBORETUM

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GRAND OPENING

LONGVIEW | LONGVIEW ARBORETUM AND NATURE CENTER | 11/2/2019 Photos by MICHAEL CAVAZOS

The Longview Arboretum and Nature Center’s grand opening in November drew hundreds of people who walked the newly completed first phase of Longview’s newest “gem,” as Gregg County Judge Bill Stoudt described it.

PATTI CHAMBLEE, DR. DAVE CREECH

The Arboretum was more than a decade in the making, beginning with a vision the late Dencil Marsh began pushing to city leaders in about 2004 to transform that portion of the Grace Creek floodplain. Marsh died in 2011, but by then other people had joined his cause. The entire arboretum grounds total 26 acres, but the first phase is 11 acres.

The arboretum’s first phase includes a visitor’s center, concrete walkway, a pond, bridges, benches, boardwalk, a pavilion and natural amphitheater.

Renowned horticulturist Steven Chamblee is executive director of the center at 706 W. Cotton St. The Longview Arboretum and Nature Center is open 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesday-Sundays between November and March and 9 a.m.-7 p.m. Wednesday-Sunday during April through October. Admission

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is $5 and free for children younger than age 3.

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LONGVIEW | ELLIE BEE’S | 11/7/2019 Photos by COURTNEY CASE

Ellie Bee’s, a boutique and gift shop in Longview, helped the Junior League of Longview kick off its Partner Card fundraiser with a Nov. 7 party.

The Nov. 7-16 fundraiser featured more than 60 local businesses who offered shopping discounts to people who donated $50 to the League in exchange for activation of a Partners Card.

Junior League President Kelsey Runge said the organization raised $15,375.

“This is our second year to promote the Partner Card fundraiser which

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benefits signature programming such as School Supply Train and The Poverty Conference,” she said. “It provides a unique opportunity for our community to shop local and give local.”

A number of other local businesses held launch parties as well, including: Barron’s and Café Barron’s, Jim Bartlett Fine Jewelry, Dog Style Canine Supply Co., Hidalgo Hair Studio, Hurwitz of Longview, Athletic Performance of Texas, Wellington Grande Apartment Homes, FirstLite Nutrition, Bargain Box, Lollipops and Lace, Trendy Chicks, Menchie’s and Bear Creek Smokehouse.

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ARTWALK MARKS CULTURAL

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DISTRICT DESIGNATION

LONGVIEW | DOWNTOWN LONGVIEW | 5/26/2018 Photos by MICHAEL CAVAZOS

Longview celebrated the designation of the Arts!Longview Cultural District during ArtWalk Longview on Oct. 10.

The Texas Commission on the Arts selected Longview, Denton and Beaumont this year to be added to the list of 40 other cultural districts in Texas. The designation opens access to state grants while supporting collaboration among the city’s cultural groups and helping to stimulate BECCA MURRAY MCMAHON, WILL MACINTYRE

economic growth and revitalization.

Longview’s designation was the culmination of a 17-month process, with the 342-acre district encompassing the main cultural arts facilities in the city, along with the Gregg County Courthouse, three historical churches, Longview Public Library, two parks, the historical train depot and the S.E. Belcher Jr. Chapel and Performance Center at LeTourneau University.

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LORI OSBORNE, KAREN PARTEE

LARRY MONKS, JANE BOGUE, PAULA MONKS

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MAGIC & MAYHEM

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LONGVIEW | SUMMIT CLUB | 10/23/2019 Photos by JOHN MARTIN

The Longview Museum of Fine Arts threw its annual Halloween costume party, “Magic and Mayhem,” on Oct. 23 at the Summit Club.

About 150 people attended the party, which had a theme of “Into the Woods” this year and raised $185,000 to help underwrite operating, exhibition and educational program expenses for the year, said executive director Tiffany Nolan Jehorek.

The art museum currently has two exhibits on display through Feb. 22.

“Discovering Abstract Expressionist Victor Thall” is a retrospective on the work of an early artist in the abstract expressionist movement. In “The Art of Listening: Portraits From the Memory Bridge Project,” New York artist Josh

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Dorman’s paintings illustrate the “internal world” of people with Alzheimer’s.

Admission to the museum at 215 E. Tyler St. is free for members and $5 for other visitors. Hours are 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Thursday and 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday.

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FESTIVAL

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Great weather graced the 37th annual FireAnt Festival when it returned Oct. 12 to downtown Marshall.

Hosted by the Greater Marshall Area Chamber of Commerce, the festival included a dance competition, parade, scavenger hunt, a children’s play area, petting zoo, bounce house and a gurning competition — which involved making weird faces.

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KYLE, JOSEPH & ASHLI DANSBY

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